Near New Albany, within about three miles of one another, stand three buildings — modern but rather plain and, but for their size, could even be described as nondescript. But you can hardly overlook the high-voltage power lines that dominate the space next to them.
They are also super-sized users of electricity. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, data centers can consume as much as 50 times the energy per floor space as other types of commercial buildings. By themselves, each of those three centers near New Albany draws more power from the grid at any given moment than most of Ohio’s 24 local electric cooperatives draw at their peak.
